Collar support



1958 A. Y. NOOJIN, JR., ETAL 2,822,114

COLLAR SUPPORT Filed April 18, 1955 VVINVENTORS AUGUSTUS-.Y. NOOJIN JR.LAURENCE A. BRITTINGHAM FIG. 6 BY ATTORNEY United States Patent COLLARSUPPORT Augustus ,Y. Noojin, Jr., Lewistown, and Laurence A.Brittiugharn, Philadelphia, Pa., assiguors to Cluett, Peabody & Company,Inc., Troy, N. Y., a corporation of New York Application April 18, 1955,Serial No. 502,104

4 Claims. (Cl. 223-83) This invention relates to supports for collarsfor holding them in proper position after laundering or aftermanufacture. Some collars of shirts are so manufactured as to have arolled effect of the collar where it joins the neckband part at thefront, but with the ordinary inserts or supports, the front of thecollar is not supported in the rolled condition with the result that thecollar does not have the pleasing rolled effect when displayed which itwas intended to have.

The pressure of one shirt upon another in the boxes or packages in whichthey are packed tends to flatten the collar down at the front and thusremove the rolled appearance.

An object of this invention is to provide an improved collar supportwhich will hold the front of the collar in a position in which the frontor cape part of the collar remains in the rolled condition which wasintended, and which rolled effect is not lost when the front of thecollar is subjected to pressure in handling or in packaging a number ofshirts in the same package and which will be relatively simple,inexpensive, practical and convenient.

Other objects and advantages will be apparent from the followingdescription of the embodiments of the invention, and the novel featuresWill be hereinafter pointed out in connection with the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings:

Fig. 1 is a front face elevation of a blank from which the collarsupport is formed in accordance with this invention with the tongue atone end folded over into its operative position and the tongue at theother end illustrated as it is stamped from the sheet material of whichit is made;

Fig. 2 is a transverse section elevation through one end of the samesection being taken approximately along the line AA of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a perspective view showing one end of the collar support withthe tongue folded over into the operative position, a support beingshown in place under the collar of a shirt;

Fig. 4 is a plan of the end which is shown in Fig. 3;

Fig. 5 is a front elevation of the improved support shown in Figs. 1 to4 where the two ends are brought together at the front;

Fig. 6 is a front elevation of one end of a modified collar support inwhich the manner of anchoring the free end of the tongue is modifiedsomewhat;

Fig. 7 is an end elevation of the same, as viewed, approximately alongthe line 7-7 of Fig. 6.

In the embodiment of the invention, illustrated in Figs. 1 to 5inclusive, the support is formed by stamping a blank 1 from a sheet offlexible cardboard or other similar flexible sheet material with adepending tongue 2 extending from its lower edge approximately at thecenter and having notches 3 in its side edges adjacent to its attachmentto the body of the blank. The terminal ends of the blank are providedwith integral tongues 4 which extend upwardly from the upper edge of theblank, and

the blanks in the tongues are provided with two diverging crease marks 5and 6 which diverge generally lengthwise of the blanks from the ends ofthe tongues which are nearest to the center of the support or blank.

In the body of the blank approximately in alignment with the tongue 4,there is a cutout flange or small tongue 7 which is preferably arcuatealong its outout edge and this tongue 7 is bent forwardly from the frontface of the strip 1 as shown in Fig. 2. The tongue 4, at each end of theblank, is bent on both of the creased lines 5 and 6 and the free end ofthe tongue is then flexed to extend back of the short, stuck-out tongueor flange 7 as shown in Fig. 3 and also at the right end of Fig. 1. Theshort tongue or flange 7 holds the free end of the tongue 4 in itsfolded-over position and this provides a triangular shelf 8. The edgeends of the support which, when in use between the cape part andneckband part of a collar are right along or in proximity to thejunction between the neckband and cape portion of the collar and'thisshelf will hold the rolled portion of the cape part of the collar inthat rolled condition and resist any flattening of it against theneckband part of the collar due to pressure from other shirts in thesame package or from pressure on the collar when a shirt is in a packageby itself.

In the modification shown in Figs. 6 and 7 the idea is about the same asin Figs. 1 to 5 except that the tongue 9 which corresponds to the tongue4 of Figs. 1 to 5 is tapered and its pointed end is inserted through aslit 10 provided in the interior of the end portion of the blank. Theinsertion of the point end of the tongue 9 through the slit It) keepsthe tongue 9 in folded position so as to provide the triangular shelf 11that corresponds to the shelf 8 of Figs. 1 to 5. By determining thelength of the slit 10 so that the edges of the tongue which are receivedtherein will engage with the ends of the slit, one provides a resistanceto the descent of the tongue when pressure is applied to the shelf 11.Preferably the tapered end of the tongue is provided with shoulders 12at the part where the tongue passes through the slit so that the reducedtapered end of the tongue may pass freely through the slit 10 butshoulders 12 will engage beyond the ends of the slit 10 against the faceof the blank and provide the resistance to downward movement of thetongue when pressure is applied to the shelf 11 at its forward edge.

In the embodiment of the invention shown in Figs. 1 to 5, a smallcircular aperture is provided at each end of the short tongue or flange7 so as to resist tearing the tongue or flange off at its ends ortearing of the part of the blank at the ends of the flange 7, and inFigs. 6 and 7 similar small apertures 13 may be provided at the ends ofthe slits 10 so as to resist enlargement of the slit by tearing when thetongue 9 is inserted through the slit.

It will be observed from the foregoing description that the support isformed by simple stamping from a sheet of flexible material such ascardboard and the slits 10 or the short tongue 7 can be struck out inthe same operation by dies, but the blank itself is formed from thesheet material. The same dies that cut out the form can also form thecreases 5 and 6 to facilitate folding of the tongue over upon a face ofthe blank to provide the shelf 8 or 11 at each end of the support.

The tongue 4 or 9 is preferably bent over upon the outer face of theblank, that is the face of the blank which will be outermost when thesupport is within the collar, so that the body of the support will lieagainst the neckband of the collar and the shelf 8 and 11 will extendforwardly under the cape part of the collar.

It will be understood that various changes in the details and materialwhich have been herein described and illustrated in order to explain thenature of the invention may be made by those skilled in the art withinthe principle and scope :ofthe-invention as expressed in the ap-Rendedclaims.

We claim:

1. A support to be placed "between the folded and unfolded portions of acollar to support the collar in its finished shape, said support beingdefined by a strip of flexible sheet material of awidthapproximatelyequal to the height of the collar and of a lengthapproximately equal to the length of .the collar, each end portion ofsaid strip having a tongue extending from the-upper edge thereof, eachsuch tongue being foldable back over a face of the strip upon divergingfold lines that begin approximately at the junction of the upper edge ofthe strip with that edge of the tongue which is furthest from theadjacent end of the strip, and means carried by the portions of saidstrip which are beneath the free ends of said tongues for interengagingand confining the free ends of the tongues when the latter are foldedover.

2. A support for a collar of the type having a free marginal .capeportion folded over upon the neck band portion of the collar, saidsupport being adapted to be placed between the cape and neck bandportions of the collar so as to support the collar against collapse,said support being defined by an elongated strip of flexible sheetmaterial having a width approximately equal to the height of said neckband portion of the collar, said strip having a tongue in .each endportion, said tongue extending from the upper edge of and being foldableback over a face of the strip along two fold lines extending indirections lengthwise of the strip, the area intermediate said foldlines being of substantial width and thus defining a support shelf ofsubstantial width, and means carried by the body of said strip beneatheach tongue for engaging and holding that'tongue when the latter isfolded over.

3. A supportfor a collar, comprising a strip of flexible sheet materialhaving a width approximately equal to the height of the neckband portionof-a collar whichit is in tended to support, said strip having a tongueextending from the upper edge of each end thereof, the body of each saidend of the strip having a struck-out but integral projection meansalined with the corresponding tongue for engaging the free end of thelatter when the tongue is folded over so as to lie along the body of thestrip.

4. A support for a collar of the type having a free marginal cape.portion foldedover upon a neck band portion, said support being adaptedto be placed between the cape and neck band portions ofthe collar so asto support the collar in a finished condition during shipment anddisplay,.said support comprising a strip of flexible sheet materialhaving a width approximately equal to the height of the neck bandportion of the collar which it is intended to support, said strip havinga tongue in each end portion, each said tongue extending from the upperedge of said strip and being folded back over a face of the strip alongtwo fold lines that extend in directions lengthwise of the strip, thearea intermediate each said two fold lines defining a support shelf(each said tongue having an integral extension thereon, said supportshelf when folded forming an approximate right angle with the body ofthe strip, and slit means in the body of the strip through which saidintegral extension on said tongue may be inserted to hold the tongue ina folded over position.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS1,464,658 Johnson Aug. 14, 1923 2,275,098 Welch Mar. 3, 1942 2,347,438Schulman U Apr. 25, 1944

